Exotic Eyebrow Makeup Trend of the 1950s

Here is an interesting makeup style from the 1954 book, Top Secrets of Hair Styling by Victor Vito. Vito also wrote another great book called Be Your Own Hair Stylist in 1950.

The Mandarin Eyebrow

The Mandarin style eyebrow made its way to America in the 1950s from Paris style.

Origins of the Mandarin Eyebrow

The eyebrow resembles the shape of the word eyebrow in Mandarin Chinese… literally. The little flick at the left is like the curve out.

Creating it (maybe don’t try this at home)

The makeup look involved tweezing off the outer corner of the eyebrow and redrawing it with a curved flick outward. And I never recommend anyone tweeze all of any part of their eyebrows.

Not quite as odd as the squiggly eyebrow look that made its rounds on the internet last year though….

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